GETTY IMAGESDanielle Staub of "Real Housewives of New Jersey" says there's nothing she can do about the sex tape that she claims was stolen and is now being distributed by Hustler.

Danielle Staub, the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star, tried to stop Hustler from distributing a homemade sex tape that she claims was stolen, but in the end, she says, “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” And no, that’s not an invitation to an orgy.

A TMZ.com cameraman caught up with Staub outside a suburban Starbucks and seemed a little flummoxed when Staub deigned to talk to him about the tape. The best question he could come up with was not whether she had a hand in leaking the tape herself (as castmate Jacqueline Laurita has alleged, or whether she is getting a share of the proceeds, but this: “Do you think it will make more than Kendra’s tape?,” referring the hot-selling sex tape featuring a then-unknown Kendra Wilkinson, the reality star and former Hugh Hefner playmate.

“That’s good question because I haven’t seen hers,” Staub says, appearing to give the matter some thought. “I haven’t seen mine either, but I do know I was in it, so if it’s going to do anything, I would hope mine would do better, right? . . . It wasn’t something I would have chosen to have released but it’s out there, and there’s nothing I can do about it.”

The Hustler website devoted to the Staub tape labels her "The Horniest Housewife of New Jersey" and promises uncensored, raw raunch.